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Sunday, February 26, 2017

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science is pleased to announce that the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program is now accepting applications for the 2017 Solicitation 1. Applications are due 5:00pm ET on Tuesday May 16, 2017.

Starting from 2015 Solicitation 2, the SCGSR program is open to graduate students with Permanent Resident status, in addition to U.S. Citizens, who meet all other eligibility requirements. Detailed information about the program, including eligibility requirements and access to the online application system, can be found at: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/scgsr/.

The SCGSR program supports supplemental awards to outstanding U.S. graduate students to conduct part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE national laboratory in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist for a period of 3 to 12 consecutive months—with the goal of preparing graduate students for scientific and technical careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission.

The SCGSR program is open to current Ph.D. students in qualified graduate programs at accredited U.S. academic institutions, who are conducting their graduate thesis research in targeted areas of importance to the DOE Office of Science. The research opportunity is expected to advance the graduate students’ overall doctoral thesis/dissertation while providing access to the expertise, resources, and capabilities available at the DOE laboratories. The supplemental award provides for additional, incremental costs for living and travel expenses directly associated with conducting the SCGSR research project at the DOE host laboratory during the award period.

The Office of Science expects to make approximately 50 awards in 2017 Solicitation 1, for project periods beginning anytime between October 30, 2017 and February 28, 2018.

Since its inception in 2014, the SCGSR program has provided support to over 200 graduate awardees from about 90 different universities to conduct thesis research at DOE national laboratories across the nation.
The SCGSR program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science’s Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS), in collaboration with the six Office of Science research programs offices and the DOE national laboratories, and the Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE).

Design course-specific mid-semester evaluations to guide improvement of instruction earlier in the semester. In this active-learning workshop, participants will select evaluation questions that provide actionable data and plan appropriate interventions to the student responses. Feel free to bring your course syllabus. Instructional designers will be available for consultation after the workshop.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Interested in making the most of your interdisciplinary passions? The panel will discuss interdisciplinary research opportunities, majors/minors, classes, and student organizations to help undergraduates make the most of all the interesting and diverse learning experiences USC has to offer!

Design course-specific mid-semester evaluations to guide improvement of instruction earlier in the semester. In this active-learning workshop, participants will select evaluation questions that provide actionable data and plan appropriate interventions to the student responses. Feel free to bring your course syllabus. Instructional designers will be available for consultation after the workshop.

Interested in making the most of your interdisciplinary passions? The panel will discuss interdisciplinary research opportunities, majors/minors, classes, and student organizations to help undergraduates make the most of all the interesting and diverse learning experiences USC has to offer!

Samuel Mantell will be hosting Thesis Center information Sessions for students who are submitting their thesis or dissertation. The sessions will be about 50 minutes long. Advisors and faculty are welcome and encouraged to attend.

There will be one session on University Park Campus, and one session on Health Sciences Campus:
· HSC: Wednesday March 1st, 2017 @ 12:00, in MCH 156
· UPC: Wednesday March 8th, 2017 @12:00, in THH 201

Topics will include important information for both students and advisors, such as:
· Thesis Center navigation
· submission deadlines
· required documentation
· Finalizing publishing information with the USC Digital Library

There will be an opportunity for questions following the presentation. These dates and times will also be listed in myGradSchool for reference. Hope to see you there!